Many of my students don’t see the value of academic writing, particularly when AI can produce passable essays in seconds. Many arrived in college with minimal experience in revision, deep engagement ...

Even when the topic isn’t a student’s favorite, teachers can encourage deep thinking through opportunities to make personal ...

Researchers have been putting ChatGPT essays to the test against real students. A new study reveals that the AI generated essays don't yet live up to the efforts of real students. While the AI essays ...

Human essays use over three times more engagement techniques than ChatGPT, including personal asides, rhetorical questions, ...

Getting started on a writing project is hard. Using AI to push through it can rob students of the chance to find their own arguments, and their voice.

This essay is a chapter in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2, a peer-reviewed open textbook series for the writing classroom. There is something about the term “critical thinking” that ...

Writing is a way to find out what you are thinking, whether you are trying to keep up with a journal or crafting an essay. Writing is thinking. Jotting down words, stringing them along into ...

Education should draw from life, nurturing skills like critical thinking and empathy. Pakistan’s youth are bursting with dreams. We deserve a system that fuels our potential, not traps us in a ...

Students dread the application essay ... thinking. Some of my most talented students have taken time to reflect on the mundane — such as a student who gained admission to Cornell by writing ...

Ever thought about writing non-fiction, be it an essay, a memoir or even a brief snapshot of your life? Why not take the leap? When I'm writing, I think of the late American author Denis Johnson ...